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This document is intended to help developers, maintainers and translators to write/ | This document is intended to help developers, maintainers and translators to write/ | ||
- | The reference document is the manual entitled [[http:// | + | The reference document is the manual entitled [[http:// |
The manual encompasses all programming languages usable with gettext, with a special focus on the C language. | The manual encompasses all programming languages usable with gettext, with a special focus on the C language. | ||
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=== (1) Internationalization === | === (1) Internationalization === | ||
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Set of shell scripts ───> | Set of shell scripts ───> | ||
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This variant of the process is shorter: | This variant of the process is shorter: | ||
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╭─ [msgcmp] <── < | ╭─ [msgcmp] <── < | ||
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In particular, I recommend to favor options which take as first argument a text string instead of a file, to allow line wrapping. It is still possible to preserve the intended layout using white spaces for indentation. | In particular, I recommend to favor options which take as first argument a text string instead of a file, to allow line wrapping. It is still possible to preserve the intended layout using white spaces for indentation. | ||
- | For instance,\\ dialog < | + | For instance, |
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==== Practical recommendations for translators ==== | ==== Practical recommendations for translators ==== |